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untangle

/ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/

untangle verb: to remove tangles or knots from.

Verb

untangle (third-person singular simple present untangles, present participle untangling, simple past and past participle untangled)

  1. (transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
    • With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To remove confusion or mystery from.
    • It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.
    Synonyms:
    demystify

untangle meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

untangle in Marathi

to untangle, set free, liberate
सोडवणे soḍavṇe

untangle in Urdu

سلجھانا

untangle in Bengali

জট, গিঁট খোলা, বিভ্রান্তি, রহস্য দূর করা

untangle in Malayalam

unravel, unsnarl, disentangle
കുരുക്കഴിക്കുക, ചുരുളഴിക്കുക, നൂലാമാല തീർക്കുക, ഇഴതിരിക്കുക, പിണച്ചിലഴിക്കുക, ഉടക്കറുക്കുക
solve, find the answer to, find an answer to
നൂലാമാല അഴിക്കുക, സമാധാനം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക, നിർദ്ധാരണം ചെയ്ക, ശരിയായ ഉത്തരം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക, പ്രശ്നപരിഹാരം കാണുക, ഭ്രമസൂത്രം മനസ്സിലാക്കുക
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untangle in Kannada
ಗಂಟುಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿಚ್ಚು, ನೇರಮಾಡು

Synonyms of untangle

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Antonyms

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Forms of untangle

third-person singular presentuntangles
present participleuntangling
past participleuntangled
pastuntangled

Past tense of untangle: untangled

Origin of untangle

From un- + tangle.

Words formed from untangle

Words that rhyme with untangle

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Questions about untangle

What does untangle mean?
Untangle means to remove tangles or knots from.
What is untangle in Marathi?
Untangle in Marathi is सोडवणे (soḍavṇe). See Untangle meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is untangle?
Untangle is a verb.
How do you pronounce untangle?
Untangle is pronounced /ʌnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ (US).
What is the past tense of untangle?
The past tense of untangle is untangled.

Words near untangle in the dictionary

  1. untangential
  2. untangibility
  3. untangible
  4. untangibleness
  5. untangibly
  6. untangle
  7. untangled
  8. untanglement
  9. untangler
  10. untanglers
  11. untangles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untangle (page history and authors); सोडवणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); untangle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); untangle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); untangle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); untangle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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